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[Darkpig]

4 hours ago, Alessia Wellington said:

It may turn out to be a stabbing inception.

A baby box perhaps?

[Guest]

> To all LL members who are mothers like myself I wish from the bottom of my heart

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Evaloves4 said:

To all LL members who are mothers

What she said, Happy Mothers Day!

[Guest]

13 hours ago, Doctor Cadaver said:

Mom's been gone for almost 15 years.

It's good you had one at least, hope she left you with good memories! 

[Miauzi]

On 5/14/2023 at 11:09 AM, Evaloves4 said:

> Allen LL-Mitgliedern, die wie ich Mütter sind, wünsche ich von ganzem Herzen

 

Now - for me as a German who grew up in the East - this day is here

- either as a "holiday" of the cut flower economy

- or as a holiday of the National Socialists ... I just say "Mothers Merit Cross"

I quote from the wiki article:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muttertag

Zitieren

Deutschland

In Deutschland wurde der Muttertag 1922/1923 vom Verband Deutscher Blumengeschäftsinhaber mit Plakaten „Ehret die Mutter“ in den Schaufenstern etabliert und – betont unpolitisch – als Tag der Blumenwünsche gefeiert. Mit Plakaten in Schaufenstern, kleineren Werbekampagnen und Veranstaltungen bis hin zu Muttertagspoesie wurde dem ersten deutschen Muttertag am 13. Mai 1923 durch den Vorsitzenden des Verbandes, Rudolf Knauer, der Weg bereitet. Ab 1926 wurde die Propagierung des Muttertages an die Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Volksgesundung übertragen, um „Kirche und Schule zu gewinnen und die Regierung dahin zu bringen, den Muttertag am zweiten Sonntag im Mai als offiziellen Feiertag festzulegen“.^[10]

Während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus wurde die Feier des Muttertags mit der Idee der „germanischen Herrenrasse“ verknüpft. Besonders kinderreiche Mütter wurden als Heldinnen des Volkes zelebriert, da sie den „arischen Nachwuchs“ fördern sollten. 1933 wurde der Muttertag zum öffentlichen Feiertag erklärt und erstmals am 3. Maisonntag 1934 als „Gedenk- und Ehrentag der deutschen Mütter“ mit der Einführung des Reichsmütterdienstes in der Reichsfrauenführung begangen. Die religiös anmutenden Feierlichkeiten („Mütterweihen“) wurden in Konkurrenz zu christlichen Feiern auf sonntags um 10 Uhr angesetzt. 1938 wurde zusätzlich das Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter eingeführt,^[11] das am Muttertag am 21. Mai 1939 erstmals verliehen wurde.^[12]

Der Journalist Jan Feddersen schrieb in der Tageszeitung taz im Mai 2005 anlässlich des Muttertages unter dem Titel Ungemütlicher Tag:

„Die Nazis wollten Frauen als Kameradinnen, noch lieber aber als Gebärmaschinen. Die Mutter war eine Heilige im völkischen Wahn, geehrt zum Muttertag, dem zweiten Sonntag im Mai. Warum wird er heute noch gefeiert, allem Feminismus zum Trotz?“

– Jan Feddersen: taz^[13]

In der DDR wurde der Muttertag offiziell nicht begangen, stattdessen wurde der Internationale Frauentag am 8. März gefeiert.

 

And yes - I congratulate the "girls" on March 8th - but certainly not in a porn forum

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[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Miauzi said:

Now - for me as a German who grew up in the East - this day is here

- either as a "holiday" of the cut flower economy

- or as a holiday of the National Socialists ... I just say "Mothers Merit Cross"

I quote from the wiki article:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muttertag

 

And yes - I congratulate the "girls" on March 8th - but certainly not in a porn forum

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> If members here congratulate each other Christmas, Easter, New year, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Halloween and so on and so on, I don't see a reason why wouldn't i congratulate mother's day.

Edited May 15, 2023 by Evaloves4

[Miauzi]

Vor 7 Minuten sagte Evaloves4:

> Wenn Mitglieder hier einander zu Weihnachten, Ostern, Neujahr, 4. Juli, Thanksgiving, Halloween usw. gratulieren, sehe ich keinen Grund, warum ich nicht zum Muttertag gratulieren sollte.

 

You yes - I don't ... because not all people are the same

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[KoolHndLuke]

Why is does everything have to move to Discord? I don't like using it. It's just too open and airy for my tastes- makes me feel like I did when I got up to give a speech in front of class in grade school. Much prefer the quieter, shadowy atmosphere here. 

[Guest]

7 hours ago, KoolHndLuke said:

Why is does everything have to move to Discord? I don't like using it. It's just too open and airy for my tastes- makes me feel like I did when I got up to give a speech in front of class in grade school. Much prefer the quieter, shadowy atmosphere here. 

Plus every Tom, Dick and Harry can comment on your post.....OOPS.....I mean they are "not very nice, No, Not very Nice at All".             Quoting Gollum.

Edited May 16, 2023 by Sir Bron

[Guest]

Just now, Sir Bron said:

Plus every Tom, Dick and Harry can comment on your post.....OOPS.....I mean they are "not very nice, No, Not very Nice Indeed".             Quoting Gollum.

Yeah, I'm adverse to Discord. I'm trying to learn Stable Diffusion and ask questions...and pretty much every response is filled with disdain. 

[MrFuturehope]

13 hours ago, zelphador23 said:

Yeah, I'm adverse to Discord. I'm trying to learn Stable Diffusion and ask questions...and pretty much every response is filled with disdain. 

 

What exactly would you like to learn about Stable Diffusion? Are you interested in learning how it works technically, or just how to use it to produce better results? I've used it quite a lot and came to a conclusion that ironically despite it being called "stable", it's not as predictable in terms of expectations versus reality as one would think lol.

 

There seems to be no general rule set to follow which would guarantee "the best results" every time universally, so your best bet is to treat every case scenario independently, but my observation is that the quality of the result highly depends on the subject of interest - how you describe it in the prompt and then your initial settings of Steps and Scale which are initially arbitrary and change over time dependently on the prompt length and complexity. I've also noticed that the longer my prompt is, the harder it actually is to fine tune the settings to fully match the prompt and what's worse, with longer prompts the quality of the result is degrading.

 

Anyway, I learned that Steps settings is basically telling the AI how many times should it redraw the project. Now, this is super confusing, because many people think the higher this value, the better, because more steps should mean more attention to detail, right? But that's not necessarily true, because a lot of it depends on the quality and complexity of the input prompt, so depending on the case, sometimes lower Steps value will actually represent your vision more faithfully.

 

Scale value is kinda like a "zoom". You feel like you got the right Seed value and Steps value also feels to be at the right spot, but you just don't see all the things and details you asked for in the prompt. Well, your Scale value is there for that kind of situation. Start increasing Scale value slightly, like +0.5 and watch the magic happen, but don't go too high. If you have to go too high in Scale value, something is not right with the prompt itself and you should probably try to rewrite it, simplify it as it's probably too demanding.

 

With most prompts I used I started with 20 steps and went higher by +1 when necessary, but sometimes I went even lower if lower values matched my vision more faithfully. As for the Scale value, I usually start with like 15, but then again I always treat every case individually.

 

You see, Stable Diffusion is like a balance scale with multiple balance pans and you have to find just the right "weights" for them all to keep the results nice and balanced.

Edited May 16, 2023 by MrFuturehope

[KoolHndLuke]

Just trying to understand this finally. It's really not that complicated conceptually, but it does give rise to vastly different opinions that can be extremely confusing. One thing that sticks out to me is the supposedly tiny percentage of populations that fall into this 'spectrum' somewhere between male and female identity. When actually we ALL fall somewhere in that spectrum I think. and it is just something that most people would never, ever admit to themselves let alone anyone else. Were it not for gender role expectations, I think most people would be much more willing to express their true selves. I know I would.

 

 

Edited May 16, 2023 by KoolHndLuke

[Guest]

30 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said:

Just trying to understand this finally.

Interesting, learn something new everyday! 

[Grey Cloud]

A contender for most pretentious book title of the year:

 

"Eurasian localisms: towards a translocal approach to Hellenism and inbetweenness in central Eurasia, third to first centuries BCE."

 

Milinda Hoo. Oriens et Occidens, 41. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2022. Pp. 338.

[Guest]

 

> Nooooo shiiit!!! I wonder how much Alica Schmidt's used menstrual pad cost. Must have one in my collection of used menst. pods

[KoolHndLuke]

Seems people on the internet really, really like the anonymity it provides them and loathe the thought of ever giving it up to be more intimate with someone.- even if that someone is one they really like or even care about. Nothing ventured.....

 

Edited May 17, 2023 by KoolHndLuke

[MrFuturehope]

6 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said:

Seems people on the internet really, really like the anonymity it provides them and loathe the thought of ever giving it up to be more intimate with someone.- even if that someone is one they really like or even care about. Nothing ventured.....

 

I for one would give up my internet anonymity to be more intimate with someone if that someone is one I really like and care about. As soon as I find that someone to begin with.

[KoolHndLuke]

11 minutes ago, MrFuturehope said:

 

I for one would give up my internet anonymity to be more intimate with someone if that someone is one I really like and care about. As soon as I find that someone to begin with.

You're one of the few it seems. 

 

Admittedly, it's not without risk.

Edited May 17, 2023 by KoolHndLuke

[MrFuturehope]

34 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said:

You're one of the few it seems. 

 

Admittedly, it's not without risk.

 

You mean the risk of meeting someone? If so, well honestly I don't have enough experience to judge, but I was thinking about it a lot and the risk factor already crossed my mind. I think the risk factor is high indeed, especially now with CIA level of technology widely available to anyone and everywhere, but I think certain level of risk always existed, even in old times without the internet. You never know who's the person you just met, whether it was online or in real life, but the risk is always taken by both sides of the meeting, so I guess it's a fair deal. I think that risk reduction is always about getting to know the other person better first, because what are your other, "better" options anyway? There are none lol. For example, I know I'm not some sort of a predator, but does the other person know that? And likewise, do I know for sure they are not a predator themselves? I guess the risk is always there, but if the two are willing to take it easy and communicate together long enough to get to know each other better first and to gain some sort of confidence in each other, that could help a bit and who knows? Maybe you will find out that while you haven't even met the person yet, you already hate them, so you can save yourself some time by not meeting them at all lol

Edited May 17, 2023 by MrFuturehope

[KoolHndLuke]

13 minutes ago, MrFuturehope said:

you already hate them

"Hates" is a pretty strong sentiment. Obviously, there are a lot of fuck-heads out there- no denying that. But I think most people are just misunderstood and don't know how to communicate. Speaking for myself, you might get a completely different answer from one day to the next depending on a lot of things. So I guess getting to know others better is more like an investment that is either worth your time and effort or it isn't.

 

Edited May 17, 2023 by KoolHndLuke

[MrFuturehope]

6 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said:

"Hates" is a pretty strong sentiment.

So is "love", it could easily turn both ways, or none of them, leaving the person just indifferent. But I agree, communication is the key and yet it is getting harder and harder for us to be able to communicate with each other properly, that is not only to be good talkers, but also to be good listeners.

[Darkpig]

On 5/16/2023 at 1:51 PM, KoolHndLuke said:

Just trying to understand this finally. It's really not that complicated conceptually, but it does give rise to vastly different opinions that can be extremely confusing. One thing that sticks out to me is the supposedly tiny percentage of populations that fall into this 'spectrum' somewhere between male and female identity. When actually we ALL fall somewhere in that spectrum I think. and it is just something that most people would never, ever admit to themselves let alone anyone else. Were it not for gender role expectations, I think most people would be much more willing to express their true selves. I know I would.

 

I... actually watched that video despite my ADHD like tendencies.

 

 Speaking of things that shouldn't be said. I don't think the LGBT+ community should say "Die Mad" because transphobes are stupid and will likely think of it as an attempt on their life rather than how they will die of old age and the 'scary' transes will still be here living in society whether you're mad or not. Also just like in space, retirement homes are a place no one can hear you scream bloody murder.

 

Speaking of sports I have heard that women do a decent job against men in wrestling due to the weight class system. Then again sports were never fair as there will always be someone better than you and the greatest athletes are likely doing steroids. So it really is just a game bruh.

 

But not everybody shares my viewpoint. Whatever. Add whatever sports rules you think is necessary but don't be surprised if trans-girls start facing off against each other in sports events because yeah.

 

I resisted my urge to troll. Are you proud of me?

Edited May 18, 2023 by Darkpig
Edited: So that the mods won't find my weed stash

[Guest]

13 hours ago, KoolHndLuke said:

Admittedly, it's not without risk.

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained.        

[steelpanther24]

15 hours ago, Darkpig said:

I resisted my urge to troll. Are you proud of me?

 

I am sure you will have plenty of other opportunities, though....trolling here on LL, generally it is a small group of us who are active (though plenty of lurkers, but ......is it trolling if you target lurkers who won't post anyway?)  

 

15 hours ago, Darkpig said:

I... actually watched that video despite my ADHD like tendencies.

 

I watched the entire video as well with only a few eye rolls and "here we go again", finding the video mostly solid except for one thing: reasonable people can function in a very progressive and liberal way, while those who are "unreasonable" make the world as it is.    Of course, we shouldn't abandon a reasonable society, but to continually cast things in an "us vs them", we ensure that listening will turn to defensiveness.   In other words, the people that should watch the video will likely forget everything the moment he uses the words "bigot" to describe only one side. 

[KoolHndLuke]

Not really surprised people have been pirating Patreon mod content. What is a little surprising is that it's so easy and in plain view. Not sure how to feel about it since I honestly think all fan created content should be free. On the other hand, though, it feels kind of low to pirate stuff from amateur creators who might need that money. ?